Take Your Daughter to the Course Week comes to a close

Perhaps those of you with daughters knew that July 10-16 was (well, still is for a day, I guess) “Take Your Daughter to the Course Week,” sponsored and promoted by the PGA of America. Sadly, the only promo I saw for it was a PGA PGA press release, which sat in my in-box until yesterday.

Never did see anything in the local press or at any of the courses I’d been to over the past month.

Once I read the release, though, I was inspired to take my soon-to-be-eight-year-old daughter Sophia to the Lake of the Woods Golf Course. And not just the par-3 course we often play, but the real 18-hole track. She wanted to putt on bigger greens, and most of all, she wanted to ride in a golf cart (no matter how often I’ve told her that real golfers walk).

To keep play moving, I played from the tips, and had her tee up a ball down the fairway, where mine landed, for her first shot. She played the forward tees on the par 3s. She striped one almost to the green on the 130-yard 4th, too.

It was a broiling hot day, and she was tired after five holes, but I convinced her to play one more par 3, the bucolic 14th, where I snapped the photo below. She’s using her Fairway Girl 3-wood, and she’s doing her best to check her alignment.

She really does have a lovely swing, when she keeps her eye on the ball.

I’m glad the PGA promotes events like Take Your Daughter to the Course Week, although I wish they’d promote it more (the pro shop staff hadn’t heard of it, even though it is a very family-friendly course). Then again, I shouldn’t need an event to take my daughter to the course, should I? And neither should you. If you missed last week, take her out next week to play.

14 comments

Here's my story...three daughters, ages 13, 11 and 10. All ask to go to the range, dome or the course. I tell them that, if they ask me twice in one week (meaning they REALLY want to go), then we will go. Hasn't happened yet. Judge Smails is derranged, by the way. Have no idea what he's tripping on. Nice to have his comments, but not too sure to what his confused agenda leads.

My daughter has been begging me since the snow melted to take her to a real course. As for Smails, I believe he's a Komodo dragon who ate a bad goat and disgorged it. Not sure how he learned to type. His knowledge of golf history is woefully lizardly, too. The only American ever to win an Olympic gold metal in golf was a woman, in 1900. Women golfing is hardly a modern phenomenon.

Mr. Christianson. A shameless plug for your daughter? lol. A great picture. She really does seem focused on the shot. If I may, might she want to widen her stance just a tad bit more? As long as she enjoys it, I gueess it really doesn't matter. I wish more kids would play golf. Sure beats going to the mall or playing video games.

One man's pearl is another man's cliche. Or did you think you came up with that one, Judge?
And yes, it should have been "medal" rather than "metal" and there should be an accent over the final 'e' and blah, blah, blah. We are all so very, very impressed. Now hop on that walker and go shoo some kids from your lawn.

I wouldn't call the words of Jesus a cliche, especially since the quotation isn't used quite as much as that definition would demand. Oh, just so you know, I'm younger (or at least I look that way) and prettier than you!

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